Timothy Ganstrom has been a competitive freestyle snowboarder since the 1990. Tim began competing for the sole purpose of riding the best half-pipes and then developed one of the nation’s first University Snowboard Teams. Members of that team qualified and ranked nationally for 4 seasons during and after Tim’s coaching. Consistently displaying a desire to help others enjoy snowboarding as much as he does, Tim has been instructing all levels of snowboarding and coaching other instructors for over 10 years.
After moving to the Seattle area in 2001, Timothy again tested himself in competition, this time at the Pro-level, in-spite of being entirely self-funded. Again, his own training program produced results, with podium finishes at the amateur level, and top-ten results at the Pro-level. Concurrently, Timothy enjoys the responsibilities of SB-Training Director for Lyon’s Ski School, one of the premier Learning and Race Development programs in the country.
Today, Tim’s passion is to develop the young ‘undiscovered’ talent of the Northwest into World-class athletes who also become exemplary citizens and positive role-models to their peers. He holds the top levels of Instructor certification and Freestyle Accreditation from AASI.
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